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Pyrochlore Supergroup

A group of related mineral species
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About Pyrochlore SupergroupHide

Formula:
A2-mD2X6-wZ1-n
A typically is a large [8]-coordinated cation with a radius of ~1.0 Å or a vacancy (□), but can also be H2O.

The A site, therefore, may host Na, Ca, Sr, Pb2+, Sn2+, Sb3+, Y, U, □, or H2O or, less frequently Ag, Mn, Ba, Fe2+, Bi3+, Ce (and other REE), Sc or Th.

D is a [6]-coordinated cation typically of high field-strength. This site thus may contain Ta, Nb, Ti, Sb5+ or W, but also V5+, Sn4+, Zr, Hf, Fe3+, Mg, Al and Si. DX6 edge-sharing octahedra form a framework, in which the cavities host the A cations.

X typically is O but can include subordinate OH and F.

Z typically is an anion, but can also be a vacancy, H2O, or a very large (>> 1.0 Å) monovalent cation (site 8b). Examples are OH, F, O, □, H2O, K, Cs, Rb.

The symbols m, w, and n represent parameters that indicate incomplete occupancy of the A, X and Z sites, respectively. Vacancies have not been found to occur at the D site (Atencio et al., 2010).

Note: the D group is named as B in the Atencio et al. (2010) paper, and the Z group is named as Y. These are renamed here to avoid confusion with the elements boron and yttrium, respectively.
Name:
The supergroup has its name after the generic name pyrochlore. The name was first introduced by J. J. Berzelius for a cubic mineral found by N.O.Tank in the 1820s in a syenite pegmatite at Stavern (formerly Fredriksvärn), Norway (Wöhler 1826). It is derived from the Greek πΰρ, fire, and χλωρός, green in allusion to the fact that the mineral usually turns green on ignition.
In 1977 Hogarth introduced a new classification of the "pyrochlore group". This system did not entirely fit the current IMA rules for mineralogical nomenclature. The nomenclature was therefore revised by Atencio et al. (2010); see also Christy & Atencio (2013), and approved by IMA.
The pyrochlore supergroup is a group of chemically complex cubic oxides. The classification of the pyrochlore supergroup is based on the ions at the A, B and Y sites.
A correct identification of individual members is only possible using a combination of several analytical methods.
The pyrochlore supergroup is divided into five groups based on the atomic proportions of the B-site atoms, Nb, Ta, Sb, Ti and W: Pyrochlore Group, Microlite Group, Roméite Group, Betafite Group and Elsmoreite Group. Additional groups (Ralstonite Group, Coulsellite Group) were established subsequently (Atencio et al., 2017).

NB: The pyrochlore supergroup is broader and includes more minerals than the historically "pyrochlore group". The latter is also not identical with the new subgroup, pyrochlore group.

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Fluornatropyrochlore, Pyrochlore Group
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Cuproroméite, Roméite Group
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Oxyuranobetafite, Betafite Group
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Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Elsmoreite Group
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Fluornatropyrochlore, Pyrochlore Group
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Cuproroméite, Roméite Group
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Oxyuranobetafite, Betafite Group
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Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Elsmoreite Group
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Fluornatropyrochlore, Pyrochlore Group
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Cuproroméite, Roméite Group
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Oxyuranobetafite, Betafite Group
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Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Elsmoreite Group


The names of each member of the pyrochlore supergroup are composed of the group name plus two prefixes:
1. The first prefix refers to the dominant cation or anion of the dominent valance or H2O or vacancy at the Y site: OH = hydroxy-, F = fluor-, O = oxy-, H2O = hydro- and vacancy = □.

2. The second prefix refers to the dominant cation of the dominant valance or H2O or vacancy at the A site. Examples: Sr = strontio, Na = natro, Pb = plumbo.
When the first and second prefixes are equal, only one prefix is applied (Atencio et al., 2010).


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
29175
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:29175:0

IMA Classification of Pyrochlore SupergroupHide

IMA status notes:
IMA Approved Group Name

Chemistry of Pyrochlore SupergroupHide

Mindat Formula:
A2-mD2X6-wZ1-n

A typically is a large [8]-coordinated cation with a radius of ~1.0 Å or a vacancy (□), but can also be H2O.

The A site, therefore, may host Na, Ca, Sr, Pb2+, Sn2+, Sb3+, Y, U, □, or H2O or, less frequently Ag, Mn, Ba, Fe2+, Bi3+, Ce (and other REE), Sc or Th.

D is a [6]-coordinated cation typically of high field-strength. This site thus may contain Ta, Nb, Ti, Sb5+ or W, but also V5+, Sn4+, Zr, Hf, Fe3+, Mg, Al and Si. DX6 edge-sharing octahedra form a framework, in which the cavities host the A cations.

X typically is O but can include subordinate OH and F.

Z typically is an anion, but can also be a vacancy, H2O, or a very large (>> 1.0 Å) monovalent cation (site 8b). Examples are OH, F, O, □, H2O, K, Cs, Rb.

The symbols m, w, and n represent parameters that indicate incomplete occupancy of the A, X and Z sites, respectively. Vacancies have not been found to occur at the D site (Atencio et al., 2010).

Note: the D group is named as B in the Atencio et al. (2010) paper, and the Z group is named as Y. These are renamed here to avoid confusion with the elements boron and yttrium, respectively.

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Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:
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CaO1.2 %4.2 %14,06 %13,92 %6,57 %6,58 %5,74 %14,07 %14,24 %4,95 %0.64 %0.86 %
MnO1.7 %0.3 %0.04 %
FeO3.4 %1.5 %
Sc2O36.0 %3.4 %
Y2O312.5 %3.6 %
SnO22.7 %1.5 %0.21 %
UO26.6 %9.5 %25,12 %24,87 %24,40 %24,15 %23,94 %16,74 %15,51 %15,56 %
WO32.2 %30.67 %8.14 %
Ta2O537.4 %56.0 %18,22 %18,03 %19,06 %17,52 %17,86 %41,48 %41,66 %39,75 %21.27 %13.97 %
Nb2O523.5 %15.2 %27,91 %27,62 %26,70 %27,39 %26,98 %18,60 %18,09 %18,23 %20.87 %44.09 %
TiO21.0 %2.0 %10,55 %10,44 %9,56 %9,48 %10,12 %5,51 %4,98 %5,23 %
F0.2 %1.5 %
Na2O2,18 %2,15 %0,12 %0,61 %0,59 %1.74 %1.79 %
Fe2O31,32 %1,30 %1,42 %1,35 %1,20 %0,95 %0,81 %0,78 %
H2O0,64 %1,67 %12,17 %13,53 %14,16 %2,04 %3,41 %15,47 %
ThO20,19 %0,04 %
Cs2O22.66 %14.47 %
H2O (calc)0.12 %2.23 %
Sb2O5 (tot)14.33 %
SiO20.51 %
Total:98.4 %98.7 %97 %96 %97 %97 %96 %96 %95 %96 %97.97 %100.64 %
wt%
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Al5.93 %
Ca8.41 %
Mg14.9 %
Na14.2 %
F54.8 %
O1.81 %
P0.49 %
Total:100.54 %
Empirical formulas:
Sample IDEmpirical Formula
13Ca0.98Na2.88Al1.03Mg2.86P0.07F13.47(OH)0.53
14(Ca1.08Na0.67U4+0.03Ce0.03La0.02)(Nb1.74Ti0.21Ta0.05(O6.00(OH)0.89·nH2O
3(Ca1.14U0.42Na0.32)?1.88(Nb0.95Ti0.60Ta0.37Fe0.08)?2O6.00[O0.61(OH)0.32]?0.93 on the basis of Nb+Ti+Ta+Fe=2
15(Ca1.07Na0.81◻0.12)Σ2.00(Ta1.84Nb0.14Sn0.02)Σ2.00[O5.93(OH)0.07]Σ6.00[F0.79(OH)0.21]Σ1.00
16(Pb1.300.30Ca0.29Na0.08U0.03)Σ2.00(Ta0.82Nb0.62Si0.23Sn4+0.15Ti0.07Fe3+0.10Al0.01)Σ2.00O6[◻0.52(OH)0.25O0.23]Σ1.00
17(Pb1.330.66Mn0.01)Σ2.00(Ta0.87Nb0.72Sn4+0.18Fe3+0.11W0.08Ti0.04)Σ2.00O6[◻0.80(OH)0.10O0.10]Σ1.00
18(Ca1.48Na0.06Mn0.01)Σ1.55(Ta1.88Nb0.11Sn0.01)Σ2.00O6.00[(OH)0.76F0.20O0.04]
8[Ca1.23U0.30(H2O)0.21Na0.10]?1.84(Ta0.92Nb0.68Ti0.34Fe0.06)?2O6.00[(OH)0.69O0.31]?1.00 on the basis of Nb+Ti+Ta+Fe=2
19(Fe2+1.07Cu2+0.50Zn0.03Sr0.03Ca0.01?0.362(Sb5+1.88Si0.09Al0.02As0.012O6((OH)0.86O0.14)
11Na0.29Ca0.06(Nb0.81W0.69Ta0.50)Σ2[O5.93(OH)0.07]Σ6Cs0.83
12(◻1.32Sb3+0.35Na0.26Ca0.072Nb1.47Ta0.28W0.16Sb5+0.05Si0.042.00O6[(H2O)0.55Cs0.45]
Sample references:
IDTypeLocalityReferenceNotes
1Sample 7Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, NorwayAltered ixiolite. Electron Microprobe analysis.
2Sample 1  "  "Altered areas in ixiolite. Electron Microprobe analysis
3Atagoyama, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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11Type SpecimenTetezantsio pegmatites, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, MadagascarIn wt.%, by EPMA; empirical formula basis: (Nb+Ta+W) = 2 apfu and (O+OH) = 6 apfu.
12Type SpecimenAntandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania, MadagascarElectron-microprobe analysis in wt%. Empirical formula is calculated on the basis of 2 B-site cations per formula unit and by recalculating the Sb2O3:Sb2O5 ratio in agreement with structural data.
13Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, AustraliaElectron microprobe
14Vishnevye Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
15Type SpecimenVolta Grande mine, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16Type SpecimenPloskaya Mountain, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
17Type Specimen  "  "
18Type SpecimenVolta Grande mine, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil
19Type SpecimenCorrec d'en Llinassos, Oms, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, FranceThe empirical formula (based on 7 (O + OH) per formula unit, pfu)

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0020233HydroxycalciopyrochloreYang G, Li G, Xiong M, Pan B, Yan C (2014) Hydroxycalciopyrochlore, a new mineral species from Sichuan, China Acta Geologica Sinica 88 748-7532014Maoniuping mine, Mianning County, Xichang prefecture, Sichuan Province, China0293
0020052HydroxymanganopyrochloreChukanov N V, Blass G, Zubkova N V, Pekov I V, Pushcharovskii D Y, Prinz H (2013) Hydroxymanganopyrochlore: A new mineral from the Eifel volcanic region, Germany Doklady Earth Sciences 449 342-3452013Eifel volcanic region, Germany0293
0019783HydrokenomicroliteAndrade M B, Atencio D, Chukanov N V, Ellena J (2013) Hydrokenomicrolite, ([_],H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O), a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil American Mineralogist 98 292-2962013Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil0293
0019993FluorcalciomicroliteAndrade M B, Atencio D, Persiano A I C, Ellena J (2013) Fluorcalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na,_)2Ta2O6F, a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mineralogical Magazine 77 2989-29962013Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil0293
0018616FluornatromicroliteWitzke T, Steins M, Doering T, Schuckmann W, Wegner R, Pollmann H (2011) Fluornatromicrolite, (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F, a new mineral species from Quixaba, Paraiba, Brazil The Canadian Mineralogist 49 1105-11102011Quixaba, Paraiba, Brazil0293
0018462FluornatromicroliteAndrade M B, Atencio D, Menezes L A D, Ellena J (2011) The crystal structure of a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Redondo mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerias, Brazil The Canadian Mineralogist 49 615-6212011Morro Redondo mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerias, Brazil0293
0020643FluornatrocoulselliteMumme W G, Grey I E, Birch W D, Pring A, Bougerol C, Wilson N C (2010) Coulsellite, CaNa3AlMg3F14, a rhombohedral pyrochlore with 1:3 ordering in both A and B sites, from the Cleveland mine, Tasmania, Australia American Mineralogist 95 736-7402010Cleveland tin mine, Luina, western Tasmania0293
0014636HydroxykenomicroliteErcit T S, Cerny P, Hawthorne F C (1993) Cesstibtantite - a geologic introduction to the inverse pyrochlores Mineralogy and Petrology 48 235-2551993Leshaia pegmatite, Kola Peninsula, Russia0293
0019988HydrokenoelsmoreiteGunter J R, Amberg M, Schmalle H (1989) Direct synthesis and single crystal structure determination of cubic pyrochlore-type tungsten trioxide hemihydrate, WO3*0.5H2O Materials Research Bulletin 24 289-2921989synthetic0293
0014784HydrokenoralstoniteEffenberger H, Kluger F (1984) Ralstonite: a contribution to the knowledge of composition and crystal structure Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1984 97-1081984Ivigtut, Greenland0293
0000023HydrokenoralstonitePabst A (1939) Formula and structure of ralstonite American Mineralogist 24 566-5761939Ivigtut, Greenland0293
0005370HydropyrochloreErcit T S, Hawthorne F C, Cerny P (1994) The structural chemistry of kalipyrochlore, a "hydropyrochlore" The Canadian Mineralogist 32 415-42019940293
0014637HydroxykenomicroliteErcit T S, Cerny P, Hawthorne F C (1993) Cesstibtantite - a geologic introduction to the inverse pyrochlores Loclity: Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada Mineralogy and Petrology 48 235-25519930293
0012114OxystannomicroliteGasperin M (1960) Contribution a l'etude de quelques oxydes doubles que forme le tantale avec l'etain, l'uranium et le calcium. _cod_database_code 1001840 Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie 83 1-2119600293
0012249OxystannomicroliteGasperin M (1955) Synthese et identification de deux oxydes doubles de tantale et d'etain Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 240 2340-234219550293
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Synonyms of Pyrochlore SupergroupHide

Varieties of Pyrochlore SupergroupHide

Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)True "Betafite" samples are structurally members of the pyrochlore supergroup. Hogarth (1977) stated that the betafite group has 2Ti ≥ (Nb + Ta), however the formulae of most betafites do not exactly correspond to pyrochlores and that difference has del...
Mendeleevite (of Vernadsky 1914)Regarded by Hogarth (1977) as synonymous with betafite (of Hogarth 1977), but more recent analysis (see https://www.mindat.org/mesg-494971.html) classified it as Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977). However in the newer classification (Atencio, et al. 2017) ...
Plumbobetafite (of Hogarth 1977)Plumbobetafite of Ganzeev et al. (1969) is a so-called "zero valent dominant member" of the Pyrochlore Group. Plumbobetafite of Voloshin et al. (1993) is a "plumbobetafite".
Stibiobetafite (of Černý et al.)Černý et al. (1979) defined stibiobetafite as the Sb3+ analogue of betafite; however, the type sample has Nb + Ta > Ti apfu, and Ca is the dominant species of the dominant-valence group at the A site. The type sample is now to be classified as oxycalcio...
Tantalbetafite (of Kalita & Bykova)Ta dominant variety of Betafite. According to Hogarth's nomenclature minerals of Pyrochlore group with 2Ti>Nb+Ta belongs to Betafite subgroup. When Ta>Nb in such minerals, we have Tantalbetafite.

Relationship of Pyrochlore Supergroup to other SpeciesHide

Pyrochlore Supergroup Members:
Betafite Group A2(Ti,Nb)2O6Z
  'Oxycalciobetafite' Ca2(Ti,Nb)2O6O
  'Oxyuranobetafite' (U,Ca,◻)2(Ti,Nb)2O6O
  Oxyyttrobetafite-(Y) Y2Ti2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
Coulsellite Group A2-mMg2F6-wF1-n
  Fluornatrocoulsellite CaNa3AlMg3F14Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
Elsmoreite Group 
  Hydrokenoelsmoreite 2W2O6(H2O)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroplumboelsmoreite (Pb,◻)(W,Fe3+)2O6 · H2OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxykenoelsmoreite (◻,Pb)2(W,Fe3+,Al)2(O,OH)6(OH)Trig. 3 : R3
Microlite Group A2-mTa2X6-wZ1-nIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Fluorcalciomicrolite (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2O6FIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Fluornatromicrolite (Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6FIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydrokenomicrolite (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
  'Hydromicrolite' (H2O,◻)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)
  Hydroxycalciomicrolite Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH)Iso. 432 : P4232
  Hydroxykenomicrolite (◻,Na,Sb3+)2Ta2O6(OH,Cs)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Hydroxylstibiomicrolite' (Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH)Iso.
  'Hydroxynatromicrolite' (Na,Bi3+,◻)2Ta2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Kenomicrolite 2Ta2[O4(OH)2]◻Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Kenoplumbomicrolite (Pb,◻)2Ta2O6(◻,OH,O)Iso.
  Oxybismutomicrolite (Bi1.330.67)Σ2Ta2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Oxycalciomicrolite Ca2Ta2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Oxystannomicrolite Sn2Ta2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Oxystibiomicrolite (Sb3+,Ca)2Ta2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)' (Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7Iso.
  'Yttromicrolite (of Hogarth)' (Ca,Y3+,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb,Ti,Fe3+)2O7Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
Pyrochlore Group A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
  Cesiokenopyrochlore ◻Nb2(O,OH)6(Cs,◻) Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Fluorcalciopyrochlore (Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6FIso.
  'Fluorhydropyrochlore' 
  'Fluorkenopyrochlore' (◻,Sr,Ce,Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F
  Fluornatropyrochlore (Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)2Nb2O6FIso. m3m(4/m32/m)
  'Fluorplumbopyrochlore' (Pb,Y,Th,U,Na,Ca)2-x(Nb,Ti)2O6FIso.
  'Fluorstrontiopyrochlore' (Sr,◻)2Nb2(O,OH)6F
  Hydrokenopyrochlore (◻,x)2Nb2O6(H2O,Cs)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydropyrochlore (H2O,◻)2Nb2(O,OH)6(H2O)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxycalciopyrochlore (Ca,Na,U,◻)2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxykenopyrochlore (◻,Ce,Ba)2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH,F)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxymanganopyrochlore (Mn2+,Th,Na,Ca,REE)2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH) Iso. m3(2/m3)
  Hydroxynatropyrochlore (Na,Ca,Ce)2Nb2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxyplumbopyrochlore  (Pb1.50.5)Nb2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Kenoplumbopyrochlore' (Pb,◻)Nb2O6(◻,O)
  Oxycalciopyrochlore Ca2Nb2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Oxynatropyrochlore' (Na,Ca,U)2Nb2O6(O,OH)
  Oxyplumbopyrochlore Pb2Nb2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Oxyyttropyrochlore-(Y)' (Y,◻)2Nb2O6O
  'Strontiopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)' (Sr,Ce,Ca)0.66(Nb,Fe)2(O,OH)7
  'Unnamed (Sb-analogue of Hydroxymanganopyrochlor)' (Mn,Ca,Y)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(OH)
Ralstonite Group 
  Hydrokenoralstonite  Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
Roméite Group A2(Sb5+)2O6Z
  Bismutostibiconite (Bi,Fe3+,◻)2Sb5+2O7Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  'Cuproroméite' Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7Iso.
  Fluorcalcioroméite (Ca,Na,◻)2Sb5+2(O,OH)6FIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxycalcioroméite (Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Hydroxyferroroméite (Fe2+1.50.5)Sb5+2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Oxycalcioroméite Ca2Sb2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Oxyplumboroméite Pb2Sb2O6OIso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
  Stibiconite Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
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